Geography
This is what Egyptian society was based on above all else.
What is the Nile River?
This period of Egyptian history is known as "The Age of the Pyramids."
What is the Old Kingdom?
An Egyptian's social class was based on their wealth and _______.
What is power?
Pharaoh was in charge of the care of the ____ of _____ each day.
What was the idol of Horus?
This is the body of water that the Nile empties into.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
These were built to be tombs and to serve as monuments to dead pharaohs.
For what purpose were the pyramids built?
One of the main themes found in _______ _____ was about the Nile.
Families built altars to their favorite god in the Egyptian pantheon to worship them.
Why would families build altars inside their homes?
This natural barrier discouraged invasions from other civilizations on both the East and West sides of Ancient Egypt.
What is the Sahara Desert?
This was important because it was the thing that helped historians translate the Egyptian language for the first time in 2000 years.
Why is the Rosetta Stone important?
Who got to attend school in Ancient Egypt?
God sent Moses to tell Pharoah to let His people go.
Who did God instruct to tell Pharoah to let His people go?
Egyptian people paid a portion of the crop the would be able to grow based on how much of their land got flooded by the Nile.
How were people taxed in Ancient Egypt?
The embalmer cleaned out the skull, cleaned out the abdominal cavity, and then placed the organs in canopic jars. Then the body was soaked in natron for 70 days. Once removed from the natron, the body was filled with spices and wrapped in linen strips.
What are the steps of the mummification process?
Joseph was made 2nd in command of Egypt and commissioned storehouses of grain to be filled to outlast seven years of famine. Egypt and the known world were saved from starvation.
How did God use Joseph to help both the Egyptians and the Israelites during a famine?
At the top of the social pyramid was pharaoh, followed by his viziers, the nobles, and pharaoh's generals. Then there was the priests, scribes, soldiers, and artisans. At the bottom were the farmers, merchants, servants, and slaves.
What were the social classes of Egypt?
The Bible states that there is one true triune God who is creator and LORD of everything. Egyptians believed in many different gods that represented the many different aspects of nature and life.
What is a difference between Egyptian beliefs and Biblical truth?